The most common temperamental style, characterized by regular routines, and an easy-going nature.
What is easy temperament?
100
Observable characteristics that are the result of genetic and environmental information.
What is a phenotype?
100
Presence of this during labor results in fewer birth complications and shorter labors.
What is a trained birth companion?
100
This brain region has the most extended period of development.
What is the frontal lobe?
100
Prior to language production, children have this.
What is language comprehension?
200
Self-conscious emotions are linked with the development of this type of knowledge about the self.
What is self-awareness?
200
These disorders are often carried on the X-chromosome, resulting in males being affected at a higher rate than females.
What are X-linked disorders?
200
A form of learning where the initial response to something is weakened as the number of exposures increases.
What is habituation?
200
The best measurement of physical maturity, which can be taken by examining the long bones of the body.
What is skeletal age?
200
Memories that we aren't consciously aware of that can impact performance and behavior.
What is implicit memory?
300
Erikson's stage of psychosocial development that occurs during the first 18 months of life and is dependent upon sensitive care giving.
What is Trust vs. Mistrust?
300
The most rapid period of prenatal development where all the groundwork is laid.
What is the period of the embryo/embryonic period?
300
During labor, when contractions are at their peak in terms of frequency and intensity.
What is transition?
300
When development follows a center-out or near-to-far pattern.
What is the proximodistal trend?
300
Speech that doesn't include words not crucial to meaning.
What is telegraphic speech?
400
An attachment style characterized by the child acting indifferent towards the care giver.
What is avoidant attachment?
400
The developing organism rapidly increases in size during this period of prenatal development.
What is the period of the fetus?
400
A restriction of oxygen to the fetus during the labor process.
What is anoxia?
400
According to the dynamic systems theory of motor development, this is a very important personal characteristic that results in the development of motor skills.
What is the child's motivation?
400
Piaget's term for when an infant stumbles upon a pleasurable behavior and attempts to repeat the behavior over and over.
What is a circular reaction?
500
Appropriate, caring interactions where child and caregiver match emotional states. Behavior that is very likely to result in secure attachment.
What is Interactional synchrony?
500
A genetic-environmental correlation that is common to young children whom don't have control over their environment.
What is a passive gene-environment correlation?
500
These infants can be full-term but typically have more serious problems than preterm infants.
What is a small-for-date infant?
500
This type of brain growth is unique to the individual, occurs throughout our lives, and can be thought of as refinement.
What is Experience-dependent brain growth?
500
The knowledge that an object out of sight still exists.